[Syrupmakers] Re: Ethanol from sweet sorghum

[Richard Harrison]

Antonio,
      Sweet sorghum is an annual(planted from seed like corn) which can produce about half as much syrup per acre as sugarcane. It is grown quite a bit in temperate areas where sugarcane doesn't have enough timw to mature. But it can be grown in warmer areas, too. In your country, you could probably grow it year round. Some varieties require a 130 day growing season and some require only about 80 days(here in NW FL). In my opinion, the better tasting syrup varieties are of the 130 day varieties.
                                         Richard

Antonio Donayre <jadonayre at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Richard,

In your message to TC Wilson you mentioned three or
more crops per year. I would like to know how many
ratoon crops can be obtained from sweet sorghum given
appropriate climatic conditions.

Antonio


> 1. Re: Ethanol from sorghum/sugar cane (G Wilson)
> 2. Re: Ethanol from sorghum/sugar cane
> (DCNIBLETT at aol.com)
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> Richard
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> G Wilson wrote:
> Richard
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> I wonder why someone isn't growing sorghum in
> the south?
> 
> To make ethanol out of sorghum all you have to
> do is squeeze the juice out of the stalk add yeast
> and in 48 hours you have ethanol. 
> With corn you have to grind it , then cook it
> , then add the yeast.
> 
> One of the problems with sorghum is that you can't
> store it. It has to be processed immediately after
> it is processed.
> 
> T C Wilson
> Eureka, Kansas
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> From: Richard Harrison
> Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2008 8:09 AM
> To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
> Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Ethanol from
> sorghum/sugar cane
> 
> T C,
> Sorghum could actually be grown for 2 cropd per
> season in the deep South--particularly short season
> varieties which MAY even have 3 crops per season a
> possibility in some places!
> Richard
> 
> G Wilson wrote:
> Danny
> 
> I have been interested in ethanol too. From
> what I have read corn has a 1.3 to 1 energy
> conversion rate and would only be feasible with
> government subsidies where as sorghum has a 16 to 1
> conversion rate. The problem with sorghum is the
> short harvest season which last 60 to 90 days.
> 
> T C Wilson
> 
> 


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